Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin

Research Fellowship Donors

The Ransom Center gratefully acknowledges the principals of the following endowments and annual donors:

ONE MONTH FELLOWSHIPS • $3,000 PER MONTH

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) jointly sponsors with the Ransom Center two fellowships for literary, cultural, or historical study in this period. Applicants must be members of ASECS at the time of application.

The British Studies Fellowship supports research in British literary, cultural, and historical subjects.

The Henriette F. and Clarence L. Cline Memorial Endowment Fund supports research on nineteenth- or early twentieth-century British topics.

The Robert De Niro Endowed Fund supports film research, especially in the Center's Robert De Niro collection.

The Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Jewish Studies support a number of awards for research on Jewish authors and on relevant cultural topics requiring research in the Center's collections.

The David Douglas Duncan Endowment for Photojournalism supports research in the Center's photography collections.

The T. S. Eliot Editorial Fellowship, jointly sponsored by the University of London Institute of English Studies and the Ransom Center, is offered to scholars working on the T. S. Eliot Editorial Project. Applicants must be affiliated with the Institute of English Studies to qualify for the award.

The Filmscript Acquisitions Endowment supports research in the Center's film collections.

The Fleur Cowles Endowment supports two fellowships for research topics related to twentieth-century art, journalism, women's studies, and general literature and culture.

The Erle Stanley Gardner Endowment for Mystery Studies supports research on topics related to mystery and suspense.

The Hobby Family Foundation Endowment supports research in general literary studies.

The Alfred A. and Blanche W. Knopf Fellowship supports research in the areas of publishing and general literary studies, with special emphasis given to research concerning Knopf authors.

The Limited Editions Club Endowment supports research in the Center's rare book and print collections, with emphasis given to work with illustrated books.

The Norman Mailer Endowed Fund supports research related to Norman Mailer's writings, times, and the archive.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment sponsors numerous fellowships in general literary and cultural studies.

The Marlene Nathan Meyerson Photography Fellowship Endowment supports research in the Center's photography collections.

The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curatorial Endowment supports two fellowships for research in the Pforzheimer collection, as well as in general Renaissance Studies.

The Schusterman Center Fellowship supports research on Jewish writers, photographers, and artists in the Center's collections, while providing affiliation with the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Warren Skaaren Film Research Endowment supports research in the Center's film collections.

The C. P. Snow Memorial Fund supports research in general literary and cultural studies, with a special emphasis on the relationship of literature and science.

The South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) jointly sponsors with the Ransom Center one fellowship that is offered to members of SCMLA for general literary and cultural studies. Applicants must be current members and have been members for the previous two years at the time of application to be eligible to receive the award. SCMLA Executive Committee members are ineligible; former SCMLA research award winners must wait five years before reapplying.

The Woodward and Bernstein Endowment supports research on topics related to Watergate, the First Amendment, and the press.

TWO OR THREE MONTH FELLOWSHIPS • $3,000 PER MONTH

A limited number fellowships sponsored by the Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Jewish Studies and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment may be awarded for residency periods of up to three months to scholars whose projects require extended use of the Ransom Center's collections. Dorot Fellowships may, in exceptional cases, be awarded for longer periods.